Originally sung by Runa Laila, the new version in David manages to transport you into a world you’d never want to leave

Dama dam mast kalandar is shot in Neil Nitin Mukesh aka David’s era of 1970s London. The actor’s changing persona evokes a curiosity that itches to be discovered. The whole black and white feel of the song takes you to a different era. Sarika looks alluring in the attire, lip syncing the qawwali. It’s ideally a song of celebration, but the entire sequence tells a different story.

In between the whole qawwali, the music changes to a techno score with a strong bass –very interesting we say. Rekha Bhardwaj is the perfect choice for this number as she emulates Runa Laila’s voice to the T.

The music by Mikey Mccleary is indeed spell binding, combined with spectacular direction by Bejoy Nambiar – need we say more. All in all, this song from David is a guaranteed hit!

The Tamil actor along with Jiiva play the star lead in the Tamil version of David

Vikram claims that it’s tiring to work with director Bejoy Nambiar. “It was exhausting working with Bejoy but the amount of hard work he puts in to finally draw the desired output makes everything count”.

Tamil actor Jiiva says that he shared great comradeship with co-star Vikram in their forthcoming bilingual action-thriller David and he felt like he was working with his own brother. “I feel proud to have worked with Vikram, whom I’ve always looked up to for many years. He’s very encouraging and accommodating and working with him was like working with my own brother.”

Jiiva and Vikram star in the Tamil version alongside Isha Sharvani, Lara Dutta and Tabu. In the Hindi version, except Jiiva, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Vinay Virmani feature along with the rest of the cast. David, which is directed by Bejoy Nambiar, is jointly produced by Getaway films and Reliance Entertainment. It is coming out on February 1.